The climate system is in a foul mood. From “angry summer” to “abnormal autumn” – we’re running out of words to describe the relentless extreme weather that Australia is experiencing as global temperatures…

In closing the Climate Commission, and introducing legislation to abolish the Climate Change Authority, the government has said it can instead rely on information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology…

Firefighters battle a bushfire close to homes in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, in October this year.
AAP/Dan HimbrechtsDecember 8, 2013

Australians have always had to live with bushfires - but climate change is driving that fire danger even higher. And we’re not talking about a distant threat to future generations. According to real observations…

Even when the Climate Commission was taxpayer funded it was good value.
The Climate CouncilSeptember 24, 2013

Many will be relieved at today’s announcement by board members of the Climate Commission that they will be continuing their work by setting up a community-funded Climate Council. Communicating climate…

Former Chief Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery with a solar array at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus in 2011.
AAP/Dave HuntSeptember 24, 2013